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Dublin: 10 °C Wednesday 22 May, 2013

As It Happened: Mayo v Down, All-Ireland SFC quarter-final

Would it be James Horan or James McCartan who guided the first team into the semi-finals of this year’s All-Ireland senior football championship? We were in Croke Park for all the action.

Mayo's Alan Dillon and Down's Brendan McArdle in action in the All-Ireland SFC quarter-final today.
Mayo's Alan Dillon and Down's Brendan McArdle in action in the All-Ireland SFC quarter-final today.
Image: INPHO/Donall Farmer

They had never met in the All-Ireland senior football championship before but Mayo and Down crossed paths this afternoon in the quarter-finals of this year’s action.

We were live from Croke Park to record all the action.

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RESULT: Mayo 3-18 Down 2-9

16.55 – The Mayo team looks likely to line up alongside these lines with Aidan O’Shea expected to come in for Danny Geraghty at midfield while Michael Conroy is on course to get the nod for Enda Varley at right corner-forward.

MAYO SF: David Clarke (Ballina Stephenites); Kevin Keane (Westport), Ger Cafferkey (Ballina Stephenites), Keith Higgins (Ballyhaunis); Lee Keegan (Westport), Donal Vaughan (Ballinrobe), Colm Boyle (Davitts); Barry Moran (Castlebar Mitchels), Aidan O’Shea (Breaffy); Kevin McLoughlin (Knockmore), Cillian O’Connor (Ballintubber), Alan Dillon (Ballintubber); Michael Conroy (Davitts), Andy Moran (Ballaghaderreen), Jason Doherty (Burrishoole).


17.31 – Bad wide by Cillian O’Connor into Hill 16 after he was fed by Andy Moran. Mayo good value for their four-point advantage approaching half-time. Down have brought on Donal O’Hare for Eoin McCartan, who appears to be injured.

18.39 – An impressive afternoon’s work by Mayo. Apart from a brief phase of trouble in the first-half, they proved far too dominant for their opponents. By the interval they were deservedly six points ahead and Michael Conroy grabbed the third goal that killed off the match. A hugely disappointing end to Down’s season but Mayo move forward to an All-Ireland semi-final clash on September 1st. Yet their win was overshadowed by that serious knee injury that Andy Moran sustained during the second-half that necessitated his departure from the action.

18.43 – Here’s the scorers from today’s game.

MAYO: Cillian O’Connor 0-7 (0-6f), Michael Conroy 2-1, Alan Dillon 0-4, Jason Doherty 1-0, Kevin McLoughlin 0-2, Lee Keegan, Aidan O’Shea, Enda Varley, Andy Moran 0-1 each.
DOWN: Aidan Carr 0-7 (0-6f), Benny Coulter 1-1, Kalum King 1-0, Liam Doyle 0-1 (0-1f).

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